Your favorite Copepod and why

[Projects with Sam]

I want to add more copepods to my tank and would like to hear people's opinions about their favorites. I used this page for reference.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

i mean they are almost all the same, i like them all.

 

[blaxsun]

Honestly - anything that can outsmart my fish long enough to propegate!

 

[shakacuz]

Honestly - anything that can outsmart my fish long enough to propegate!

101% this!!

i have a yellow coris wrasse so he’s always on the hunt. at night i mostly see amphipods roaming around.

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Nearly all copepods hold the same nutritional value so there's no real difference in that aspect. Only major difference is are they pelagic or substrate dwelling and bredding rates . With that said Apocalypse is my favorite for it's bredding rate

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Nearly all copepods hold the same nutritional value so there's no real difference in that aspect. Only major difference is are they pelagic or substrate dwelling and bredding rates . With that said Apocalypse is my favorite for it's bredding rate

I was looking at culturing Apocalypse but then was thinking Tigriopus as they are slightly bigger. Any suggestion for either or?

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

I was looking at culturing Apocalypse but then was thinking Tigriopus as they are slightly bigger. Any suggestion for either or?

If you're looking to grow a established copepod population in a reef system smaller is always better. Larger copepods are more a direct feed source as they get picked off easily . Copepods need time to enter the substrate and breed ...they can't do that if they are being picked off in the water colum